New Food Collectives: Tomorrow’s Food + Drink Consumers

Join Mandy Saven, Content Director at Stylus – the trusted trends intelligence partner for the world’s leading brands and agencies – as she:

  • Unveils the key consumer cohorts set to shape the future of product development and brand experience, as well as wider hospitality and dining trends
  • Empowers you with creative confidence through an array of industry- and category-led inspiration
  • Boosts your strategic thinking by revealing the key social, cultural, digital and economic shifts driving consumer purchase decisions

Fermentation Unlocked: A Toolbox for Taste, Function, and Next-Gen Beverages

  • Fermentation as a gateway to unique taste profiles and enhanced functionality.
  • High-throughput R&D approach to accelerate product development
  • Use-cases in taste enhancement, sugar reduction, and postbiotics (organic acids, proteins, nootropics)
  • Manufacturing approaches bridging lab to large-scale production: why scale matters

Keynote: Braincare at the Bar: The New Wave of Drinking Is Not Just Mindful, but Mind-Bending

  • Nootropics are the New Buzz: How brain-boosting ingredients are creating a white space for brands, and what makes nootropics different from other functional claims
  • Bridging Science & Storytelling: Practical ways to educate consumers on complex ingredients without losing the ritual and fun of the drinking occasion
  • From Ingredient to Icon: What it takes for a mind-enhancing beverage to stand out. Formulation, sourcing, regulatory guardrails, and flavour are all part of the brand promise
  • Lessons from Kin: How we’ve navigated brand development, marketing, and community-building around cognitive function
  • A Wellness Status Symbol: Why the next generation of drinkers sees cognitive wellness as the ultimate luxury, and how that shifts category strategy for innovators and suppliers alike
  • Where We Go Next: What’s on the horizon for brands ready to push beyond mindful drinking into mind-bending territory

Rewriting Refreshment: GLP-1’s Role in the New Era of Non-Alcoholic Innovation

  • Dives into GLP-1s and how this is changing beverage consumption
  • It explores how GLP-1s are driving a shift from alcohol to soft drinks and how this impacts innovation
  • Unpacks what innovation needs to look like for GLP-1 consumers – touching on hydration, greater functionality, taste innovation to deliver on consumer experiences

Crafting the Perfect Collagen Beverage

  • Introduction of company
  • Introduction of ingredient collagen and bioactive collagen peptides
  • Collagen in beverages opportunities
  • Technical feasibility in beverages
  • New product teaser